Device to hold a folded handkerchief or the like in upright position



June 6, 1950 c. HAGG, JR

DEVICE TO HOLD A FOLDED HANDKERCHIEF OR THE LIKE IN UPRIGHT POSITION Filed Aug. 7, 1947 INVENTOR. Carl Hag Jz BY i a J 7' T ORNEY Patented June 6, 1959 OFFICE DEVICE TO HOLD A FOLDED HANDKER- CHIEF OR THE LIKE IN UPRIGHT PO- SITION Carl Hagg, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application August '7, 1947, Serial No. 7 66,962

2 Claims.

aims to provide a novel, practical and efficient resilient wire support for that purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a resilient pocket handkerchief support in the form of a single length of wire shaped into two mutually hinged resilient jaws having deformations intermediate their length to provide shoulders upon which the base of the folded handkerchief rests the while it is yieldably clamped between the jaw extremities so that the handkerchief will maintain its neatly folded appearance.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a pocket handkerchief support which is light in weight and inexpensive in cost of man ufacture.

The above as well as additional objects will become apparent in the following description, wherein characters of reference refer to likenumbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended for the purpose of illustration only, and that it is neither desired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all of the exact details of construction shown excepting insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the pocket handkerchief support per se, with a folded handkerchief mounted therein.

Fig. 2 is a view of the support per se, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with the handkerchief omitted.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, with the handkerchief omitted.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the support per se and the handkerchief of Fig. 1, as the same appear when mounted in the breast pocket of a jacket or coat, the jacket and its breast pocket being shown fragmentarily in section with parts broken away to expose the interior of the pocket.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the support In comprises a single length of wire possessing a degree of resiliency which is so shaped or deformed as to provide a base ll having two arms 12 and I3 extending upward from the extremities thereof and at slightly divergent angles, as seen in Fig. 4. Intermediate the length of the arms I2 and [3, they are deformed in mutually opposite directions to provide approximately horizontal straight sections 14, which may also be termed shoulders. From the extremities of the shoulders 14 the arms 12 and 13 are curved in doubled back fashion in opposite directions at the same degree of curvature to provide the jaws l and 16, the extremity of the jaw 15 being indicated at I! and the extremity of the jaw H3 at 18. The inherent resiliency of the wire causes the two arms l2 and I3 to be urged apart about the base II as an axis, and consequently causes" the two jaws l5 and 15 to be urged togethein' In using the support, the two arms J2 and I3 are urged together thereby causing th' itwo jaws I5 and IS, in an obvious manner, tosli'pone past the other and to spread apart a si'iflicient distance to enable insertion of the neatly folded handkerchief [9 down between the jaws until it rests on the shoulders M. Then, upon release of the arms 12 and I3, the jaws I5 and IE will be forced together and thereby clamp the handkerchief between them. 7

The support with the handkerchief thus held therein is then inserted into the pocket of the garment 20, the front wall of the pocket being shown at 2|. It is quite apparent that the support will maintain the handkerchiefin upright position and in neatly folded condition.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure will be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a continuous length of wire possessing ,a'degree of resiliency and deformed to provide a. base portion intermediate its length, said base having arms extending upward from the extremities thereof, said arms being substantially straight and extending divergently with respect to a vertical plane through said base portion, said arms being deformed intermediate their length to provide oppositely extending substantially horizontal straight sections to serve as shoulders, said arms from the extremities of said shoulders extending upward and being curved in mutually opposite directions toward each other to provide curved jaws lying in substantially parallel vertical planes, the device being adapted to support a folded handkerchief or the like with the lower edge of the handkerchief resting on said shoulders and the handkerchief clamped between said aws.

2. The device set forth in. claim 1, the extremities of said curved jaws being positioned close to but above said shoulders.

CARL HAGG, JR.

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